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Antonyms for stricture

Grammar : Noun
Spell : strik-cher
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstrɪk tʃər

Definition of stricture

Origin :
  • c.1400, "abnormal narrowing in a body part," from Late Latin strictura "contraction, constriction," from past participle stem of stringere (2) "to bind or draw tight" (see strain (v.)). Sense of "criticism, critical remark" is first recorded 1650s, perhaps from the other Latin word stringere "to touch lightly" (see strigil).
  • noun censure
  • noun constriction
Example sentences :
  • This is least objectionable in cases of stricture close to the meatus.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell
  • "I will have some supper," Rose said, with dignity, ignoring the stricture.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Quebec » by Amanda Millie Douglas
  • I do not anticipate this stricture, but rather another—that I have proved too much by it.
  • Extract from : « The Aesthetical Essays » by Friedrich Schiller
  • It has been done effectively where the vas had no stricture.
  • Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
  • The stricture passed will, in fact, be indirect and limited.
  • Extract from : « The Basis of Morality » by Arthur Schopenhauer
  • "Sport" such as Briggs's escapes the most "humanitarian" stricture.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, October 14th 1893 » by Various
  • Cephalis ovate, with a straight sword-shaped horn of the same length and very small pores, some larger ones above the stricture.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • From the first stricture there arise six radial ribs, which at the fourth are prominent as six short, conical, divergent spines.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Unfortunately, as in all cases of stricture, there is a tendency for it to recur.
  • Extract from : « A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) » by Various
  • She laughed merrily at him because his face showed that he did not appreciate that stricture.
  • Extract from : « King--of the Khyber Rifles » by Talbot Mundy

Synonyms for stricture

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